Full Report for Listed Buildings


The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.

Summary Description


Reference Number
87150
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
09/12/2005  
Date of Amendment
09/12/2005  
Name of Property
Dan-y-mur  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Monmouthshire  
Community
Llanover  
Town
Abergavenny  
Locality
Llanover Park  
Easting
331277  
Northing
208149  
Street Side
 
Location
On the east side of the A4052 in the centre of Llanover village.  

Description


Broad Class
Domestic  
Period
 

History
Built c1925 as part of the development Tre-elidyr designed by Alfred Powell. It was built as a memorial to WWI and to the son of Lord Treowen and others of the village who died in the conflict. The building is externally little altered.  

Exterior
Built of roughly squared rock faced local red sandstone rubble, with stone slate roofs. Plain C17 type Arts-and-Crafts manner. Single storey and attic, two storey L-shaped plan with a small service wing to both front and rear. The visible elevation has its gable end to the main road. Single storey weatherboarded L-shaped wing to left with two 2-light small paned casements, this wing has the WC, coal store etc. The house gable end has a single window to each floor with drips over, stack on gable above. Single storey wing to right with small window. The other elevations are hidden from the road but they will have 2 and 3 -light windows, plank door, and dormers as other estate houses, small chimney on far gable. Rear elevation not seen.  

Interior
Interior not seen at resurvey.  

Reason for designation
Included for its special interest as being a part of the planned additions to the Llanover Estate housing in the 1920s, which were designed by Alfred Powell and remain little altered in detail.  

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